How do you rank the big 5 belts in order

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  1. WordGreat

    WordGreat New Member Full Member

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    Obviously the big 5 are the WBC, WBO, WBF, IBF and WBA


    What’s most prestigious??
     
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  2. African Cobra

    African Cobra The Right Honourable Lord President of the Council Full Member

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    WBA and WBC are top followed by IBF then WBO. I remember back in the day when it was suggested Julio Cesar Chavez fight for the WBO title at Welterweight he was confused and said “what is a WBO”?
     
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  3. TEAM_LOMA

    TEAM_LOMA This is Boxing Full Member

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    Ring, WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO in that order
     
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  4. Big Ukrainian

    Big Ukrainian Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    1) IBF
    2) WBC
    3) WBO


    4) WBA (all their 50 belts)
     
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  5. Eggman

    Eggman "The cream of the crop! Nobody does it better! Full Member

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    Heart says

    WBC
    WBA
    RING
    IBF
    WBO


    head says due to being the least corrupt

    IBF
    WBO
    RING
    WBC
    WBA
     
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  6. Cafe

    Cafe Sitzpinkler Full Member

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    Honestly at this point they're all the same. I don't put any more stake in WBC over WBO. It just depends on the opponents the fighter has faced. I don't even know who has which belts.
     
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  7. The Real Lance

    The Real Lance Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This. ^^ We aren't in the 1960's anymore where it was apparent which belts meant the most. Today's boxing is a completely different landscape.

    Boxing today is run as more business than a fair sport.
     
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  8. SmackDaBum

    SmackDaBum TKO7 banned Full Member

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    IBF
    WBO
    WBA
    IBO
    Ring

    WBC
     
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  9. aaalbert

    aaalbert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The one with the most “special” belts should be ranked the lowest...
     
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  10. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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    They are all trash and have horrible horrible histories of corruption.

    1. Who you beat
    2. When you beat them
    3. How you beat them


    is the only thing that matters in boxing. Belts don't matter. Titles don't matter.

    The resume is all that matters, but it must be scrutinized by the above three parameters

    Even Olympic medals have them corruption issues.


    People like to say AJ's resume is better than Fury's, not really if you delve deeper.

    Nobody predicts fight outcomes based on who holds what titles/belts do they? They are irrelevant.
     
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  11. The Real Lance

    The Real Lance Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Good post. Waaay too many "knowledgeable" posters use a fighting simply winning a belt to try and inflate another fighters resume.

    "Oh, he beat the WBA champ!" Unless one is the recognized world champ of the division, he beat what would essentially be just a top contender.
     
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  12. the commentator

    the commentator Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The WBA is a joke...Regular Champion, Super Champion, Interim Champion,Super Duper Champion, and all their other comedy belts....
     
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  13. Ivan28

    Ivan28 Active Member Full Member

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    WBC
    WBA
    IBF

    WBO(i don't like the politics in that organization about russian boxers and russian promoting companies).

    More belts make boxing more popular.Only WBC and WBA is not better than WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO.If we have one fight for one belt and 3 fights for nothing, they will be less popular then 4 fights for 4 belts.Thinking in that logic, i wonder, maybe these WBC silver, WBA Gold, and so on, at the end are also not so bad for the sport.
     
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  14. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    WBC
    IBF
    WBA
    WBO

    WBF? surely you jest.............
     
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  15. Leoh

    Leoh Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    1- WBC
    2- WBA
    3- IBF
    For me, this is the absolute order of the biggest 3 belts.
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    4- WBO
    5- IBO
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    WBO and IBO are really worthless in my opinion. I consider EBU better than these 2.
     
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